Suji JeongCo-Founder and PresidentSuji is a PhD student at Northwestern University. She studies the mechanism of scar formation after spinal cord injury and is working toward developing new therapeutic interventions for treating spinal cord injury. Suji oversees the operation of this organization.

Alexandra EdelbrockCo-Founder and Editor in ChiefAlexandra is a Biomedical Engineering PhD student at Northwestern University. Her research focuses on developing biomaterial scaffolds for neural regeneration. Alexandra is always excited to learn about new translational research and has a special interest in spreading awareness and understanding of the latest discoveries in the field. She serves as the Editor in Chief for Open Science DB.

David OttenheimerEditor and DirectorDavid is a Neuroscience PhD student at Johns Hopkins University. He researches how regions of the brain involved in drug- and food-seeking behavior respond to different kinds of rewarding stimuli. He is committed to science writing and advocacy as tools to increase the visibility and translation of scientific discoveries. ​He won the 2016 Lasker Essay Contest on basic science discoveries that have yet to be translated to clinical care.Follow him on twitter @djottenheimer.

Robin McLachlanEditorRobin is a PhD student at the University of Washington in the Oceanography department's Sediment Dynamics Group. Her research focuses on how mud and sand move around in Vietnam's Mekong Delta and Brazillian tidal channels, particularly in response to human interference and climate change, and how this movement changes the shape of coastlines and impacts coastal communities. Robin is also enthusiastic about teaching, science communication, and outreach. She is a proud director of Engage, a course and speaker series created and sustained by graduate students for graduate students that strives to make good science communication a cultural norm. She shares her joy of science in her blog For The Sediment Record and on Twitter @RobinMcLachlan.

Heather Kinkead ​EditorHeather is a postdoctoral fellow in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Her research focuses on developing personalized, therapeutic vaccines for pancreatic cancer based on each patient’s tumor sequence. She has a passion for translational research and believes science accessibility means not only having access to research, but also having it presented in a way that it can be generally understood.

Danielle FanslowDirector of Social Media and MarketingDanielle is currently a PhD candidate in the Driskill Graduate Program at Northwestern University where she studies how protein quality control in the nucleus can help combat neurological diseases and cancer. Outside the lab, Danielle is interested in science communication and STEM education outreach. She is a contributor to the HELIX magazine blog and outreach chair in the Chicago Graduate Student Association. Her non-science interests include home brewing and listening to storytelling podcasts. Danielle is also an enthusiast of ballet and tries to see to every performance she can. Find her @danifonz.